Driving mechanism for double egg-beaters.



M. G. BRISCOE. DRWNG MECHANISM FOR DOUBLE EGG BEATERS.

APPLICATION FILED 551A! 23. I916.

Patented. Jul 17, 1917."

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M. e. BRiSCOE. DRWING MECHANISM FOR DOUBLE EGG BEATERS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1916.

Pam-tented July 17,1917.

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T UT TE MARION G. BRISGOE,

OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

DRIVING MECHANISM FOR DOUBLE EGG-BEATERS.

Application filed May 23, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION G. BRIsoon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knoxand State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Double Egg-Beaters, of which the following is a specification.

his invention contemplates an improved double heater for beating eggs and the like and has as its primary object to provide a device of this character wherein the separated whites and yolks of the eggs may be beaten simultaneously.

The invention has as a further object to provide a device of this character employing coacting receptacles having lids therefor and wherein the said lids will be connected in proper spaced relation to fit into the open ends of the said receptacles by the mounting for the beating mechanism employed.

The invention has as a still further object to provide an improved base for supporting the receptacles in proper operative position and wherein the said receptacles may, when desired, be easily removed therefrom.

And a still further object of the invention is to provide an improved arrangement for operating the heaters whereby, through the manipulation of a crank, the beaters will be simultaneously rotated.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side proved egg beater,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device, Fig. 3 is a sectional view more particularly showing the construction and mounting of the several elements of the beater, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the lids for the receptacles of the beater and the manner in which the said lids are connected and supported in spaced relation by the mounting of the heating mechanism of the device.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a base 10 which includes spaced cups 11 arranged in substantially parallel relation and joined by a connecting web .12. The

elevation of my im- Speeifioation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1'7, 191?. Serial No. 99,367.

base 10 is preferably formed ofmetal although any other suitable material may be employed and is provided at opposite ends thereof with handles 13 which are secured to the cups 11.

Removably fitted within the cups 11 are coacting jars or beating receptacles 14 which are supported in substantially parallel spaced relation. The cups 14 are preferably formed of glass and adjacent the up per ends thereof, are provided with suitable openings or air vents 15. The inner ends of the receptacles are preferably of concavo-conveX formation so that the said receptacles may be easily cleaned.

Closing the jars 14 are lids 16; These lidsare preferably formed of suitable sheet ,metal and are provided with flanges 17 removably fitting into the open ends of the jars. Connecting the lids and supporting the said lids in proper spaced relation to fit within the jars is a bracket or hearing member 18 seating against the upper sides of the lids. The bearing member 18 is formed with spaced parallel bearings 19 arranged axially of the lids 16 and the inner ends of which project, as more particularly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, through the said lids. At one end, the said member is formed with an upstanding arm 20 which, at its outer extremity rotatably receives a horizontal shaft 21. Keyed or otherwise secured to the inner end of said shaft is a beveled pinion 22 while the outer end of the shaft is provided with a suitable crank 23.

Rotatably mounted in the bearings 19 of the brackets are beater shafts 24 WlllCh, at their inner ends, receive pinions 25. Ex tending axially into the receptacles 14 from the inner ends of the bearings 19, are heater frames 26 each of which rotatably supports coacting dashers 27 to provide a heater wlthin each of the said receptacles. Corresponding dashers of the said heaters are connected at their upper extremities to the plnlons 25 while the other dashers of the heaters are attached at their upper ends to pinlons 28 rotatably supported by the frames 26 to coact with the pinions 25 with the sa1d plnions abutting the inner ends of the bearings 19, As will be seen, rotation of the shafts 24 will cause the simultaneous rotation of the dashers 27 I The upper end of the bearing 19, ad afi lll the arm 20, iS cut away to rece ve a complete unit'wvhich may WVllLlllIl one 'v'ess "operation.

beveled pinion 29 keyed bearing with the said cooperate with the pinion 22 trained a sprocket fore, be seen that by through the medium mechanism and t he'sal from the "receptacles 14:.

in the other and "Copies of-this patent maybe obtained for or otherwise secured to the shaft24c, extending through the said pinion'moun'ted to of the shaft 21. Mountedupon the upper ends of the shafts 2e and connected thereto in any suitable manner, are sprockets 30 around which is chain 31. It' ill, thereturning the crank 23, the beaters' Will "be simulta eously operated o'fthe said chain. Attentionis novv directed to the fact that the-bearing member 18 not only serves to support the heaters in proper operative relation butalso provides a 7 connecting mem- 'ber betwe'en the lids '16 that the beating d l'ids constitute a be bodily displaced Obviously, this p'rovi'des a very convenient arrangement in 'the practical use of the'device. In beating land the- Whites of the eggs the crank 23 operated to beat the separated Whites and yolks "at one This operation completed, the

lids 17 and the bearing mechanism may, as previously described, be removed and the receptacles 14 dis lacedfrom" the cups 11 to be emptied of the contents thereof. During the beating operation, the vents 15 will supply sufficient air to the interior of the said receptacles.

Having thus'de'scribed my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

'Driving mechanism for egg beaters comprising -a bracket member having an upturned arm at one end, bearings on said member, "shafts journaled in and extending through'said bearings, rotary elements operatively connected with said shafts, sprockets on the upper ends of said shafts, a chain trained around said sprockets, a pinion on the shaft near the upturned arm below the sprocket thereon, a driving shaft journaled in the upper'end of said'arm, and a gear Wheel on said shaft meshing with said pinion,-said gearvvheel being dished to 'passaround the adjacent sprocket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MARION G. BRISOOE. [n s.l

placed five cents each,'by'addressing the Commissioner of Patents, washing'tonfn'c. 

